Local News – WAJR
- WV DOH awards contract to Mountaineer Contractors Inc. for work on portion of I-79 near Bridgeport November 20, 2025CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Highways has awarded a contract to address around 8 miles of roadway on Interstate 79 between Saltwell Road and Anmoore. DOH District 4 Manager Earl Gaskins confirmed that the contract was awarded to Mountaineer Contractors Inc. at a value of approximately $19.09 million to reconstruct and repave…[email protected]
- United Way MPC completes agreement to become full managing partner at Hazel’s House of Hope November 20, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The social service hub located at the former Ramada Inn site on Scott Avenue has officially changed the operating manager for the site. Monongalia County Commission President Jeff Arnett announced that Morgantown Community Resources (MCR) Inc. officially closed on an agreement with the United Way of Mon and Preston County to take…[email protected]
- WVU Hospitals announces major Pennsylvania acquisition November 20, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Health System and Independence Health System have announced plans to merge, bringing five hospitals into the system—Butler Memorial, Clarion, Frick, Latrobe, and Westmoreland Hospitals. The plans include doctors and other subsidiaries and will operate fully under the WVU Medicine brand in the fall of 2026. The agreement includes…[email protected]
- DOH announces emergency repairs to Mon County bridge November 19, 2025MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — The state Division of Highways (DOH) is preparing to make emergency repairs to a bridge in Monongalia County. One lane of the bridge on Birchfield Run Road/County Route 33 near Morgantown has been closed after a partial collapse Tuesday night. The damage happened when an overweight truck entered the bridge and…[email protected]
- Suspicious vehicle investigation leads to downtown Morgantown arrest November 19, 2025CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A suspicious vehicle report in Morgantown resulted in the arrest of a Clarksburg suspect for possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver. State police observed Paul Mathis, 43 on Chestbut Street near Pour Choices and began the investigation. When Mathis was searched troopers found paraphernalia used to smoke narcotics, a white substance,…[email protected]
- Morgantown man charged after hot tub assault November 19, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Morgantown man is facing multiple charges after an attack on a woman at a Canyon Road residence. The victim told police she was at a residence on Canyon Road when she went for a walk and Jonathan Savin, 40, picked her up, Savin took her to another residence where the pair…[email protected]
- Three miners hurt, two hospitalized following Fairview accident November 19, 2025FAIRVIEW, W.Va. — Three miners were hurt in a collision at the Loveridge Coal Mine in Fairview Wednesday morning. Reports indicate two pieces of machinery collided at 9:42 this morning injuring three miners, two are being treated at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. The miners were trasnported with unspecified injuries by the Marion County Rescue Squad.…[email protected]
- WV DOH hosts public meeting to discuss plans for Greenbag Road improvements November 19, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Highways appears to have mixed public support on planned improvements for a heavily used roadway that leads into Morgantown. Engineers and project designers for the three alternate proposals for the improvements on Greenbag Road were hosted at Mountainview Elementary School on Tuesday, where 95 different residents who…[email protected]
- Mon County 4-H program reports another consecutive year of increased participation, local collaborations November 19, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A youth program established as part of a partnership with the Monongalia County School System and West Virginia University Extension is seeing another increase in participation by county students. WVU Extension Agent Becca Flint Clark announced in front of the Monongalia County Board of Education during their regular meeting on Tuesday that…[email protected]
- Fairmont man charged after Randolph County axe attack November 18, 2025RANDOLPH COUNTY, W.Va. — A Fairmont man has been charged with malicious assault following an incident in the Valley Head area. Deputies from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department said Shaquille Evans, 32, threw a camping axe at another man during an altercation striking him in the hand. Deputies said the victim suffered a serious cut…[email protected]